The exclusive rights deal starts this year.
Live streams of LIV events hosted on YouTube in the U.S. have thus far drawn very small audiences.
All of those factors kept the process from heating up into an auction resembling others in the vibrantsports rightsarena.

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The networks longtime focus on young-skewing scripted shows likeThe FlashandRiverdaleis undergoing a major rethink.
Nexstar, which is the No.
